Rinkeby-Kista

Rinkeby - Kista is a municipality in Stockholm in the north of the town of about 46,000 inhabitants. It was created on 1 January 2007 by combining the former municipalities Rinkeby and Kista.

Structure

The municipality is divided into the districts Rinkeby, Kista, Akalla, Husby and Hansta.

Husby

The district Husby is characterized in that it now has a high proportion of immigrants (about 83 %). In the international headlines this district than in May 2013 there was unrest broke out.

Rinkeby

Rinkeby 1347 was first mentioned as a village with several villages. The modern housing estates emerged from 1968 in connection with the Swedish million program. Approximately 67 % of the population Rinkebys have a foreign origin. Of these, about half has no Swedish citizenship.

Kista

Kista [ ɕɪsta ] is considered the largest IT mall in Sweden, perhaps even in Europe. The nickname Wireless Valley and Science City has Kista made ​​through the establishment of important IT and mobile phone companies.

The Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm and Stockholm University are jointly represented in Kista by the IT University to provide business-oriented training.